std::strcmp

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Defined in header <cstring>
int strcmp( const char *lhs, const char *rhs );

Compares two null-terminated byte strings. The comparison is done lexicographically.

Contents 1 Parameters 2 Return value 3 Example 4 See also

[edit] Parameters

lhs, rhs

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pointers to the null-terminated byte strings to compare

[edit] Return value

negative value if lhs is less than rhs.

​0​ if lhs is equal to rhs.

positive value if lhs is greater than rhs.

[edit] Example

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[edit] See also

strncmp	compares a certain amount of characters of two strings (function)
memcmp	compares two buffers (function)
strcoll	compares two strings in accordance to the current locale (function)